How to make friends in high school

nkeulder5
Aug 15, 2022
2 min read

Hi, welcome back.

In my last blog post I shared a bit about how I felt in high school. Today I want to continue.

I’ve been battling with my differences all my life. But in high school I began to embrace it and it was hard, hard but wonderful.

Then I didn’t know but every teenager had a difficult time in high school. High school is the time for finding yourself, finding where you fit it. And it is not easy. Some had an easier time finding themselves, immediately being drawn to people like them. But it is still hard. For me it took a while.

Walking through school and seeing all the smiling faces made me feel wrong, because I didn’t feel like smiling. I was different from them and that made me scared. Now I know that even though they were smiling, they were also having a hard time.

In the beginning of high school, I had some friends, but I realized that who I was with them wasn’t who I wanted to be. I was trying to fit in and for I while I tried, and I did. But they were not friends with the real me. After a long time, I finally let them meet me, the real me. I shared my thoughts and we bonded. They accepted me. They accepted me because none of the really fit in. Al of the was different and I was to focussed on changing myself to see that.

So, I did make friends.

I made a wonderful group of friends and not one of them were like the other. I found people who also didn’t know where they fit in and took a long time finding themselves. We made it work. We were al different, from different backgrounds and we al lived different lives. But we accepted each other and embraced our differences.

For people looking from the outside, they would not know why we got along, but we did. We got along because we al were different we found something to keep us together and that is not knowing why the hell we are the way we are.

High school was hard, but they made it a little more tolerable and a little goes along why.

I didn’t know it the but in a way each and everyone of the made me realize who I am. They made me see I was different and helped me every day to accept that.

Today being in university made me lose contact with them. But even though we don’t talk anymore I know we al made a difference in each other’s lives. And I will never forget the people that made high school a good experience.

So, I just want to say, even though you are having trouble in high school just know that it is not easy for everyone. Even the smiling faces have it rough. Just be patient you will find a friend who understands you. You are not alone in this world even if it feels like it.